Last Sunday’s “America’s Funniest Videos” (AFV) TV show (a repeat because it is that time of year) included a segment called “19 Bad Golfers in 26 Seconds.”
“Drowning in a flood of choices” (Leonard Woolsey, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019) spoke of dialing back choices in life. Thanks for the earworm.
The season-ending FedEx Tour Championship playoffs kick off this week (pun intended). Very much an effort to avoid going heads up against college football and the NFL, the PGA played a revised schedule for 2018-19, a “wraparound” season which ended Sunday afternoon as J.T. Poston picked up h…
Golf Channel analyst and commentator Brandel Chamblee is a former University of Texas All-American player who had a modicum success on the PGA Tour, where he was arguably best known for his sartorial splendor.
While most of us will never hit an out-of-this-world shot, we have, as golfers, all benefited from the space program.
The Open Championship is played each July and always the week that includes the third Friday. I know not why. It all started in the year 1860, and this 148th competition begins early, extremely early, this Thursday.
Regardless of how many times it happens, hearing a non-golfer say he or she enjoys reading my column every week makes my day (no need to mention .44 Magnums here).
The 5th Annual Lawrence J. Del Papa Golf Tournament, benefiting the Lighthouse Charity Team, is coming up fast. Moody Gardens Golf Course is once again the host course, and July 22 is the date.
In case you were out of the country last Saturday or for some other reason failed to read the sports section of that day’s paper, a brilliant young aspiring engineer and golfer has developed a golf aid that may have him adding marketing/businessman to his future plans.
In case you haven’t heard, size matters. Nowhere is there greater proof than in a pair of golf shoes.
The United States Open Golf Championship, first played in 1895, begins this Thursday. For those who hate math, that makes this the 119th time the event has been played; this is the sixth time it has been played at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
Jack Nicklaus said that the greatest thrill he has ever experienced at the Masters golf tournament was witnessing his grandson make a hole-in-one during the par 3 contest. Our own Lewis Rosen can now say he shares something with Nicklaus.
The experts calculate that fewer than 25 percent of all golfers never break 100. That matters not to local golfer Jim Muntzel. Additionally, the number of golfers who will break par at least one time is one-half of one percent. Matters not to Jim. The number of players who will at least once…
Here’s something for you to chew on while I’m chewing on a plate of beignets and sipping some chicory coffee just off Jackson Square in New Orleans in preparation for a quick flight home.
When Cathy Gillentine offers up her critiques on television commercials, it makes me smile; therefore, I thought I would give it a try. Only this once. I do not care to move in on her territory. I want only to talk about a commercial featuring Rickie Fowler, who has performed successfully for golf products, an insurance company and other businesses.
What I like most about horse racing is that, in a single afternoon, you, I and all of our friends and relatives can become experts on what is known as “The sport of Kings.” How cool is that?!
Golfers from three Galveston County schools will compete in next month’s UIL 6A State Championship tournament in Georgetown.
In case you missed it, something very special happened the week preceding Tiger Woods’ epic Masters victory.
Super siblings secured second consecutive ascension to second-level play representing Hitchcock High School.
The District 24-6A tournament at Moody Gardens last week might well have been better suited for a Fourth of July scheduling, given the fireworks on display over two days at a venue known to be both welcoming and devilish, depending on prevailing winds.
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